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“All Programming Languages Are Wrong” – David Moon (rcn.com)
4 points by self on Feb 10, 2020 | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment



I don't think so. There are lovely scripting languages such as Python, Perl, Ruby and the like, which make simple things simple.

There are gorgeous novel system languages such as rust and golang which make system programming easy.

There are beautiful domain specific languages such as Fortran or Julia which make, for instance, writing numerical problems (or "math" in general, if you like) easy.

And there are beasts like C++ which come with the idea that you don't pay for what you don't need. In contrast, of you don't need C++, don't use it.




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